Steve Ovett - World Record - 1 Mile Run - 1980

July 1st, 1980. Getting ready for his upcoming Olympic showdown with Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett takes down Coe's World Record with a 3:48.8 clocking in Oslo, Norway. Coe had set a record of 3:48.95 just under a year earlier - July 13th, 1979 - on the very same track. Finishing second to Ovett in this race was some 19 year old kid named Steve Cram, stopping the clock at 3:53.8.

Comments

1. Why didn't anybody take selfies at the end?
2. Steve - my idol. The greatest ever. Ever.
3. ok when track season starts ill film it, or when schools starts.
4. Get someone to film you doing it. thats what im going to do.
5. Im turning 14 next month...
6. Dude people don't believe me either i ran it in 3:59 mins I just turned 16
7. Yeah sure there buddy. Sure...
8. So i ask a question, and i get a an insult. well, i was explaining to you that my usually time is 4.16. I later on in the sentence said that my fastest was 4.05. And, why dony you fuck off, you're the one replying to my comment i made 3 months ago. does that make sence?
9. so it was a 4:05 but actually 4:16? makes sense. how bout this kid, you fuck off? k
10. So in this case yeah ill see you at the olympics in the near future.... what is your name?
11. Promise! Wait is that good that i ran 4.05 it was really 4.16 but my fastest was a 4.05... so is that fast?
12. no really... i did...well im off by a few seconds but still i did...
13. Yeah sure there buddy. Sure....
14. i ran 1 mile in 4 minutes and 5 seconds... and im 13.
15. I really do not understand the logic of the 1500 and the 3000. Honestly, why not just make it 1600 and 3200? Here we have the 100, 200, 400, 800 corresponding to .25, .5, 1 & 2 laps, respectively, then we randomly break the pattern and run 1500 and 3000 corresponding to 3.75 & 7.5 laps?? This is where the metric system takes a dive. we should either have a 500 meter track with 125, 250, 500, 1000, 1500, 3000 races (which would be stupid) or a 400m track with 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200.
16. i wonder how the guy at the end feels =P
17. @CoDCaliforniaPro I think I might understand the confusion. A mile is 1609 meters, a 1600 is just a 1600 race thats only run in the united States, a 1500 is a metric mile.
18. Yeah... I'm in track in highschool as well as cross country, and I'm pretty sure a mile is 1600 meters. So aren't they stopping 100 meters short? Whats that another 12-14 seconds?
19. @zippo7224 he would take 100 meter stride
20. @Terekada no, 1609.3 metres is a full mile.. you're an idiot. and 1500 metres is known as the "metric mile"